Baker Mayfield traded to Panthers Disgruntled Browns QB headed to Carolina for conditional pick
The are to their depth chart, as they are sending a conditional 2024 fifth-round pick to the for ., the fifth-round pick can convert to a fourth-rounder based on playing time.NFL Network reports the Panthers and Browns will also split the money Mayfield is owed in 2022. Money was always an i sue in trade negotiations, as Mayfield was due a fully guaranteed $18.85 Chaz Roe Jersey million in the final year of his rookie deal. The Browns will pay while the Panthers will pay about $5 million. Mayfield also reportedly agreed to take about a $3.5 million pay cut.The former No. 1 overall pick has been searching for a change of scenery ever since the Browns won the sweepstakes. The Panthers were long considered to be one of the favorites to land Mayfield, Brendan McKay Jersey and they have swung a deal for him just weeks before training camp. Interestingly enough, Carolina opens the season against Cleveland in Charlotte.The Browns i sued farewell statements regarding their former franchise quarterback, including one from GM Andrew Berry. "He will always have a unique place in Browns history for what he accomplished and we wish him well as he continues his career,'' Berry said. Baker's pa sion and spirit have left a lasting mark on our organization and city. Cleveland Browns (@Browns) just last month that the Panthers were operating withto get a deal done for Mayfield. Per SportsLine data scientist Stephen Oh, the Panthers are 0.7 wins better with Mayfield under center compared to last year's starter . Carolina should have a 1.3% better chance to win the division and a 4.4% better chance to make the playoffs.The Oklahoma product threw for 3,010 yards, 17 touchdowns and 13 interceptions in 14 games played last year for the Browns, going 6-8 as the Peter Fairbanks Jersey starter while fighting through multiple injuries. Mayfield seemed able to read the writing on the wall even before Watson chose Cleveland. In April, he told the "" podcast that he felt by his team with how Avisail Garcia Jersey everything went down."I feel disrespected," Mayfield said. "A hundred percent. Because I was told one thing, and they completely did another. That's what I'm in the middle of right now. ... I'm just looking for stabilization right now. "I really, truly, honestly have no regrets of my time in Cleveland of what I tried to give to that place. And true Clevelanders and true Browns fans know that. And that's why I can walk away from the whole situation feeling like: I did it."Mayfield joins a depth chart that is headed by Darnold, who was acquired via trade last offseason from the . The Panthers now have two of the top three picks from the 2018 NFL Draft. Carolina also drafted out of Ole Mi s in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft, and Sergio Romo Jersey have former XFL standout on a one-year deal.It remains to be seen if Mayfield will be the long-term answer in Carolina, but Matt Rhule and Co. hope that he's at least an automatic upgrade from their quarterback play in 2021.